Borussia Dortmund, a team founded in the year of our lord 1909, has staked its claim and planted its roots firmly at the Signal Iduna Park, within the teeming heart of Germany. This illustrious club has inked its destination onto the living map of football, and hastily scribbles its next chapter.
The currency in play, when one ventures to assess the collective worth of these 20 players, is a figure as hefty as £402 million. One need not take my word for it, of course. Transfermarkt has seen to the calculations. The average age of the armed assembly stands at 27, a ripe age, a golden threshold that mingles the audacies of youth and the wisdom of experience.
This season sees Dortmund locked in fierce competition on three fronts. The Bundesliga sees them sitting comfortably in a proud second place, a mantel not easily bestowed nor lightly worn. The DFB-Pokal tells a tale of tenacity leading them victoriously into the Third Round. The Champions League, a stage graced by only the most resilient of teams, hosts them in its Knockout Play-offs and eagerly await the results.
